> From: Dianna Harbin <harbin at u.washington.edu>
>
> I saw California quail on the U.W. campus near the Burke-Gilman trail in
> 1983....I also saw pheasants at Sand Point Student Housing...

> > From: Charles Easterberg <easterbg at u.washington.edu>
> >
> > When I first came to Seattle 25 years ago, california quail were common in
> > the city and at the University...

I have, in the last two years, seen small groups (coveys? flocks?)
of California Quail in the Montlake Fill, adjacent to the UW football
stadium. Most likely, this represents multiple sightings of a single
group, as I've never seen more than one in any one visit to the Fill.

I have also seen numerous pheasants there, which is not terrifically
appealing, as they are exotics, and I know they are responsible for
population declines in prairie chickens in the midwest. Might pheasants
also have an impact on quail populations?

Josh Hayes, Quantitative Sciences, U of W josh at pogo.cqs.washington.edu